Lockport’s “Son of a Legend” Joe Taylor earned a unanimous-decision victory last weekend over Savalas Williams of Florida in his first professional mixed martial arts fight at the. The popular Lockport native made his MMA debut a successful one in the co-main event. “Fighting at the Seneca Niagara Casino, fighting for King of the Cage, and being on the best team are all dreams come true for me,” Taylor said.

World Kickboxing Association world cruiserweight champion of the world Amer Abdallah was honored last week by Mayor Anne McCaffrey and the Lockport Common Council. Lockport Union-Sun & Journal On May 14, Abdallah captured his WKA world title by knocking out British champion Daniel Hughes at the Kenan Center Arena. Mayor […]

World Kickboxing Association cruiserweight world champion Amer Abdallah of Lockport received a hero’s welcome last week when his plane touched down in his family’s native country of Jordan. The arrival was covered by Jordanian National Television, and all of the country’s major newspapers sent reporters to cover the world champion’s arrival.

The debate is over. Earlier this year, New York officially legalized mixed martial arts. The owner of Cole MMA, Keith Cole, is here with some fighters for a demonstration, along with the Finger Lakes Mall’s Vin Gleason. The mall is hosting Auburn’s first MMA even. Watch the video from LocalSYR.com to learn more.

Jordan has a new world champion after professional kickboxer Amer Abdallah knocked out Britain’s Daniel Hughes to win the World Kickboxing Association (WKA) Cruiserweight World Title in Lockport, NY. Abdallah needed just 1.19 minutes into the second round to claim his title.